FOWLIS-WESTER, Perthshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"FOWLIS-WESTER, a parish and post village, county Perth, Scotland, 10 miles
W. of the town of Perth, containing Buchanty and Gilmerton. It is situated
on the rivers Pow and Almond, and is about 8 miles long by 6 wide. The
surface is hilly, and abounds in romantic scenery. Numerous burns thread
their way through the valleys, with several picturesque cascades. The soil
is very variable in quality. This parish is in the presbytery of
Auchterarder and synod of Perth and Stirling. The minister has a stipend of
£225. The church is ancient. Here are three schools. Cultoquhey is the seat
of the Maxton family. Gorthy is another seat in the neighbourhood. This
parish anciently belonged to the earls of Strathearne, founders of Inch
affray monastery. It reverted to the crown in default of an heir in 1346.
The only trace of the ancient castle is a slight grass-grown mound at
Castleton farm. Slate, flag, and building stone are quarried. The village
is seated on, the road from Stirling to Perth. It is an ancient place, and
contains an old cross with curious sculptured work upon its side. There are
Druidical remains a little to the N. of the village. A cattle fair is held
on the 6th November."

"BUCHANTY, a village in the parish of Fowlis-Wester, in the county of Perth,
Scotland, 10 miles to the W. of Perth. It is seated on the banks of the
Almond Water, a feeder of the Tay."

"GILMERTON, (or Gilmorton), a post village in the parish of Fowlis wester,
county Perth, Scotland, 7 miles W. of Perth. It is situated on the road
from Glasgow to Perth, and contains a private school."